LABIATJE. XXIX. SALVIA. XXX. AUDIBERTIA. XXXI. ROSMARIXCS. 



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Cult. Many of the species of Sdlvia are very showy wlien 

 in blossom, particularly most of those species belonging to sec- 

 tions Horminum, Eusphace, and Calasphace, 7, LongifibrcE. 

 Most of them thrive in a rich, light soil. The shrubby kinds 

 are readily increased by young cuttings, under a hand-glass ; 

 those of the stove species in heat ; the herbaceous perennial 

 kinds bv dividing at the root. The seeds of the annual and 

 biennial kinds only require to be sown in the open border 

 where they are intended to remain. 



XXX. AUDIBE'RTIA (named after M. Audibert, a nursery- 

 man of Tarascon.) Benth. in bot. reg. 17. no. 1469. lab. 

 p. 312 ; but not of Benth. in bot. reg. 15. no. 1282. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx ovate, bilabiate ; 

 upper lip concave, entire, or shortly tridentate ; lower lip bifid ; 

 throat naked inside. Corolla having the tube equal in length to 

 the calyx, or exserted ; limb bilabiate : upper lip bifid, with 

 spreading lobes : lower lip trifid, having the lateral lobes ovate 

 or oblong, and the middle lobe very broad and emarginate. The 

 two lower stamens fertile, ascending, usually exserted ; the ru- 

 diments of the two upper ones small and club-shaped or want- 

 ing ; anthers dimidiate with a linear connective, which is articu- 

 lated in the filament, ascending, bearing a one-celled linear 

 anther at top, but not drawn out behind, or very shortly acumi- 

 nated. Style subulately-bifid. A californian genus intermediate 

 between Rosmartnus and sections Echinosphace and Pychnosphace 

 of Sdlria. 



1 A. GRAKDIFLORA (Benth. lab. p. S12.) stem tall, villous ; 

 leaves oblong-elliptic, sinuately-crenated, cordate at the base, 

 wrinkled ; whorls dense, many-flowered ; bracteas broad-ovate, 

 and are, as well as the calyxes, ample, membranous, coloured, 

 and villous ; stamens much exserted. T. ? H. Native of 

 North California, Douglas. Lower leaves petiolate, 3-4 inches 

 long, villous, pale or canescent beneath : upper ones sessile, 

 smaller : floral leaves stem-clasping. Tube of corolla exserted. 

 Upper lip of calyx obtuse. 



Great-flowered Audibertia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



2 A. HC'MILIS (Benth. lab. p. 313.) suflrutieose ; leaves ap- 

 proximate at the base of the stem, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, crenulated, narrowed a long way at the base, wrinkled, 

 canescent : floral leaves and bracteas lanceolate, acute, villous ; 

 genitals exserted. lj . F. Native of North California, Douglas. 

 Habit of a small variety of Sdlcia officinalis. Stem leafy and 

 hoary at bottom, but villous at top. Lower leaves 1 to 1| inch 

 long. Whorls many- flowered. Upper lip of calyx tridentate. 

 Tube of corolla hardly exserted. 



Humble Audibertia. Shrub | foot. 



3 A. STACHYOI'DES (Benth. lab. p. 313.) suffruticose ; branches 

 stiff", leafy ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 crenulated, narrowed at the base, wrinkled, canescent beneath : 

 floral leaves and bracteas ovate, acuminated ; genitals rather 

 shorter than the corolla. ^ . F. Native of North California. 

 Branches tomentosely-pubescent, clammy and villous above, as 

 well as the bracteas and calyxes. Leaves 2-3 inches long, green 

 above ; petioles dilated, and stem-clasping as in the preceding 

 species. Teeth of calyx spiny. 



Stachys-like Audibertia. Shrub. 



4 A. NIVEA (Benth. lab. p. 313.) suffruticose ; branches stiff, 

 clothed with white tomentum above ; leaves nearly sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, rounded at the base, wrinkled, clothed with white 

 tomentum on both surfaces : floral leaves and bracteas ovate- 

 lanceolate ; raceme simple ; genitals exserted. I? . F. Native 

 of North California, Douglas. Leaves distant, 1 to 1J inch 

 long. Lips and teeth of calyx almost obsolete. Tube of corolla 

 a little exserted. 



Snorry Audibertia. Shrub. 



5 A. IXCA'NA (Benth. in bot. reg. t. 1469.) suffiruticose ; 

 branches divaricate, branched, canescent; leaves obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, quite entire, narrowed at the base, canescent : floral 

 leaves broad-ovate ; racemes simple ; genitals exserted. 1j . F. 

 Native of North-west America, on the plains of the river Colum- 

 bia, near Priest's rapid, and on argillaceous hills. Leaves 1 to 

 If inch long, pubescent; upper floral leaves orbicular, sessile, 

 ciliated. Calyx pubescent ; upper lip entire, obtuse. Corolla 

 pale blue ; tube exserted. 



Hoary Audibertia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1827. Shrub 1 

 foot. 



6 A. POLYSTA'CHYA (Benth. lab. p. 314.) suffruticose, clothed 

 with hoary tomentum ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, crenulated, narrowed at the base, wrinkled, hoary on both 

 surfaces : floral leaves and bracteas loose, lanceolate ; racemules 

 numerous, approximating into a dense, elongated panicle ; geni- 

 tals much exserted. fj . F. Native of North California, Dou- 

 glas. Upper lip of calyx obtuse, almost entire. Tube of corolla 

 scarcely exserted. 



Many-spiked A udibertia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. ? 



Cult. The species will grow in common garden soil, and will 

 be readily increased by cuttings and seeds. Being rather ten- 

 der, they will require some shelter in winter. 



XXXI. ROSMARrNUS (from rot, dew, and marinus, of the 

 sea, on account of its affecting maritime situations.) Tourn. 

 inst. t. 9. Lin. gen. no. 38. Schreb. gen. no. 49. Juss. gen. 

 p. 111. Benth. lab. p. 314. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx ovate-campanulate, 

 bilabiate ; upper lip entire ; lower lip bifid ; throat naked in- 

 side. Corolla with an exserted tube, glabrous inside ; throat a 

 little inflated ; limb bilabiate ; lips nearly equal : upper lip erect, 

 emarginate : lower lip spreading trifid : lateral lobes oblong, 

 erect, twisted a little : middle lobe, large, concave, dependent. 

 Stamens 2, ascending, exserted frpm the superior lip, without any 

 rudiments of upper ones ; filaments inserted in the throat of 

 the corollas, shortly-toothed near the base ; anthers linear, 

 somewhat 2-celled, with connate margins, and divaricate-conflu- 

 ent cells. Upper lobe of style very short ; stigmas minute, ter- 

 minal. Achenia dry, smooth. A South European shrub, with 

 the calyx of Sdltia and Audibertia, and corolla and stamina of 

 Mondrda, unless the tooth at the base of each filament, which is 

 probably an appendage analogous to those of O'cymum and Phla- 

 mis. 



1 R. OFFICINA'LIS (Lin. spec. p. 33.) fj . H. Native of Eu- 

 rope and Africa, in the region of the Mediterranean; as of Por- 

 tugal, Spain, South of France, Italy, Naples, Sicily, Greece, 

 Syria, Balearic Islands, &c., on dry hills and among rocks. Sibth. 

 and Smith, fl. grsec. 1. p. 11. t. 14. Woodv. med. bot. t. 87. 



R. latifolia, Mill. diet. no. 2 Riv. mon. irr. t. 39. Blackw. 



icon. 159. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 67. A densely-branched and 

 densely-leafy shrub. Leaves sessile, linear, entire, with revolute 

 margins, canescent beneath. Flowers disposed in short axillary 

 racemes, few, approximate, almost sessile. Calyx purplish. Co- 

 rollas white, or pale blueish-purple. Rosemary has a fragrant 

 smell and a bitter, pungent taste. The leaves and tops are 

 strongest in their sensible qualities ; the flowers ought not to be 

 separated from their calyxes, the active matter residing princi- 

 pally, if not wholly, in the latter. Rosemary yields its qualities 

 completely to rectified spirit, but only partially to water. The 

 leaves and tops distilled with water yield a thin, light, pale, essen- 

 tial oil, of great fragrancy, though not quite so agreeable as the 

 rosemary itself. From one hundred pounds of the herb in flower 

 eight ounces of oil have been obtained. The virtues of rose- 

 mary depend entirely on its essential oil, which seems to be 

 combined with camphor, not only from its peculiar taste, but 



